Negative regulation of hypoxia-inducible genes by the von Hippel-Lindau protein

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Oct 1;93(20):10595-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.20.10595.

Abstract

Inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau protein (pVHL) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of renal carcinomas and central nervous system hemangioblastomas. These are highly vascular tumors which overproduce angiogenic peptides such as vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor (VEGF/VPF). Renal carcinoma cells lacking wild-type pVHL were found to produce mRNAs encoding VEGF/VPF, the glucose transporter GLUT1, and the platelet-derived growth factor B chain under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Reintroduction of wild-type, but not mutant, pVHL into these cells specifically inhibited the production of these mRNAs under normoxic conditions, thus restoring their previously described hypoxia-inducible profile. Thus, pVHL appears to play a critical role in the transduction of signals generated by changes in ambient oxygen tension.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell
  • Endothelial Growth Factors / genetics*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Genes, Tumor Suppressor*
  • Glucose Transporter Type 1
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / metabolism*
  • Ligases*
  • Lymphokines / genetics*
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / genetics
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic
  • Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / genetics
  • Proteins / physiology*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins*
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases*
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein

Substances

  • Endothelial Growth Factors
  • Glucose Transporter Type 1
  • Lymphokines
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
  • Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
  • Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
  • RNA, Messenger
  • SLC2A1 protein, human
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
  • Ligases
  • VHL protein, human